Knott is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Knott
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Knott

How popular is Knott?

Knott is common in United States.

Knott is ranked 13898 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Knott bearers increased by 4.38321 per cent in 2010 US census to 14622 since 2000, the surname slipped by 97 spots and ranked at 2466. The last name was found in around 50 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 83.13 85.38
Black 11.82 10.92
Hispanic or Latino 2.35 1.39
Others 1.61 1.36
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.58 0.49
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.5 0.46
Knott is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Isle of Man is ahead in terms of density. Around 37953 people have been found who wears Knott as their family name. Knott is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
9,568 Thailand8
35,184 Poland3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
10,762 Hungary3
32,086 Mexico3
14,054 China3
4,104 South Korea2
2,168 Suriname2
54,641 Sweden2
1,472 The Bahamas2
9,185 Hong Kong2
5,936 Bahrain2
18,625 Japan2
13,552 Qatar2
28,365 Kenya1
17,768 Pakistan1
746 Dominica1
10,683 Cyprus1
2,505 Congo1
40,340 Malaysia1
8,181 Botswana1
6,820 Angola1
846 American Samoa1
5,916 Mozambique1
15,162 Costa Rica1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
153,416 Italy1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
2,935 Madagascar1
29,595 Iran1
8,859 Iraq1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
9,591 Panama1
1,818 Guernsey1
25,746 Finland1
5,872 Namibia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,360 Netherlands49
7,175 Singapore41
23,443 Norway26
699 Isle of Man21
29,040 Denmark15
67,946 Czech Republic12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,804 Ireland98
10,451 United Arab Emirates92
12,684 Switzerland90
50,444 Argentina90
28,433 Spain90
104,308 France86
92,589 Brazil79
2,259 Trinidad and Tobago70
26,277 Zimbabwe54
Countries with hundreds of Knott:
973 Wales406
2,015 Scotland354
34,535 Philippines322
2,981 New Zealand256
1,424 Jamaica196
10,721 Belgium171
1,881 Northern Ireland131
9,948 Austria131
Countries with thousands of Knott:
972 England7,803
1,729 South Africa3,817
3,648 Germany2,421
1,452 Australia2,198
2,374 Canada2,102
Countries with ten thousands of Knott:
2,418 United States16,660
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Moses Knott was 40 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on April 25, 1849. He lived in Ireland where he worked as cotton spinner and took Caroline Read from Liverpool. 31 years old Ann Knott, Jas. Knott, 45 years old James Knott, Gentleman William Knott, Ann Knott, aged 20, 16 years old Elizabeth Knott, Frederick Knott, Carpenter John Knott, and 5 other Knott majority of whom were cotton spinner and others worked as gentleman migrated to US.

From Italy

Miner Jon Knott from Italy aboard the Persian Monarch from London. He is registered to be 24 years old when he arrived in San-Francisco on June 12, 1883.

Knott Namesakes

  • Ethelbert Knott, Actor
  • Ralph Knott, Architect
  • James Knott, Cricket Player
  • Walter Knott, Farmer
  • Billy Knott, Soccer player
  • Cerina Knott, Special Makeup Effects Artist
  • Walter Knott, Farmer
  • Frederick Knott, Playwright
  • Michael Knott, Singer
  • Andrew Knott, Actor

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